One of the very few times in my life that I was actually on fire happened while trying to extinguish a car fire. I was using the haligan bar to pop the hood open when my newbie fellow firefighter suddenly turned the nozzle off. The resulting view from inside my SCBA and Astra suit was quite a spectacle as a small stream of burning liquid shot out of the engine compartment hit me in the stomach and started working its way up (Thank god for Nomex!). At that point, someone else grabbed the hose, put me out, and then extinguished the original fire. Luckily I wasn't hurt. When the guy who turned off the hose was asked why he did it, his reply was that he didn't want to get me wet! <img src="images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> <img src="images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> <img src="images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

As other folks have already said. If your car catches fire just get out and get away. If I had been Joe Citizen trying to put out his own car I would have been in serious trouble.

Chris